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(No Model.) V G. D. TOLMAN.

FLOWER POT AND FLOWER POT HOLDER.

Patented June 28, 1887.

INVENTOR W Jlw 1 2 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES GAYGER D. TOLMAN, or SHAWANO,

PATENT OFFICE.

WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR 'IO HIMSELF AND LORENZO D. ROBERTS, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,555, dated June 28, 1887,

Application filed September 11, 1886. Serial No. 213,311. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern/.

Be it known that I, GAYGER D. TOLMAN, of Shawano, in the county of Shawano and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Flower-Pot and Flower-Pot Holder, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which my flower-pot is formed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my flower-pot, to which is applied a holder or bracket. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modified form of the holder, showing only a portion of an ornamental strip applied to the holder or bracket proper, and in dotted linesa flower-pot in position in the holder. -Figs. 4 and 5 are also perspective views of two other forms of' the holder or bracket. p Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

The object of my invention is to provide an inexpensive flower-pot and a simple and eflicient holder for attachment to a fixed support for holding the flowerpot. My invention consists in a flower-pot made of a blank cut from a metal sheet, so as to form a strip for the sides, the disk for the bottom, and a tongue for covering the adjoining 3o ends of the sides of the flower-pot.

It also consists of a ring formed of a bar of metal or wire, provided' with one or more arms for attachment to a fixed support, said bar or wire being. covered by ornamental bands,

sheets, or strips, said covering to be of any suitable material for screening the holder and giving it aneat appearance.

The flower-potA(shown in Fig. 2) is formed of a sheet metal blank of the shape shown in 0 Fig. 1, having the strip 13, the curved edge a, the circular bottom piece, 0, formed with the strip 13, and the tongue b, projecting from the circular bottom 0 at a point diametrically opposite to the attachment of the strip B with 5 the bottom.

The flower-pot is made by bending the strip B at right angles to the bottom 0, then bend ing it into cylindrical form around the periphery of the bottom, allowing the adjoining ends to overlap or abut against each other, and the tongue?) is bent up over the adjoining edges of the strip 13, thus completing the flowerpot. The holder D, which supports the flower-pot, and also holds the ends of the strip B and the tongue bin proper relation to each other, is formed of wire threaded at one end, bent into a circular loop, and twisted together, as shown in Fig. 2, one end of the wire being tapered and threaded to permit of screwing it into the wood-work of a building or into any other suitable support. c

When it is desirable to make the flower-pot more ornamental, the serrated metal strip E, provided with tongues 0, cut from the material of the strip, or fastened on the inside of the strip by soldering or otherwise, is bent around the wire support, and the tongues c are bent down over the wire, as shown in Fig.

3. In lieu of the metal strip E, I may employ a molded hoop, F, of any suitable material, as shown partly in section in Fig. 4. The holder Dmay also be provided with a downwardly-projecting arm, d, having at the end thereof an eye, 0, for receiving a screw, which 7 passes into the wood-work for preventing the 7 5 turning of the holder, as shown in Fig. 3. Instead of the eye 6, I may form upon the end of the wire arm (2, parallel with the threaded end of the wire, a spur,f, to be driven into the wood, to keep the holder from turning, as shown in Fig. 4..

In Fig. 5 I have shown a holder made of a flat bar of metal bent into annular form, with a right-angled arm, d, formed on one end of the bar and apertured at g to receive screws, 8 which are inserted into the wood-work of the building and take the place of the holding devices before described.

This holder may be used either in connection with the metal flower-pot above described, 0 or separately for holding wash-bowls, pitchers, vases, 8m.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a paper vessel from a blank the portions of which forming the bottom and sides of the 5 vessel are all made in one piece and provided with tongues at their edges; also to produce the body of the vessel from a single piece with its ends overlapping each other.

Having thus fully described my invention, I00 I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A flower pot made of a blank, consisting of a strip for the sides formed with a circular bottom piece having a tongue for closing the joint throughout between the adjoining ends of the side strip, substantially as described.

2. The flower-pot holder formed of a wire or plate having a circular or ring form and adapted to be connected to a fixed support, said ring having applied thereto an ornamental metal strip provided with tongues or projections fitting upon the said circular wire or plate, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A flower-pot made of a blank, consisting of a strip for the sides formed with a circular 1 bottom piece having a tongue for closing the joint throughout between the adjoining ends of the side strip, in combination with a wire or band applied thereto, and with one end adapted to be connected to a fixed support, 20 substantially as shown and described.

' GAYGER D. TOLMAN.

Witnesses:

G. O. DICKINSON, 13. T. BRoDERsEN. 

